Orit Gadiesh
{{Short description|Israeli-American corporate strategist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Orit Gadiesh
| image = Orit Gadiesh - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Gadiesh in 2010
| native_name = אורית גדיש
| native_name_lang = he
| birth_name = Orit Grunfeld
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1951|01|31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.freebase.com/view/en/orit_gadiesh|title=Orit Gadiesh – Freebase|access-date=23 November 2009|archive-date=17 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117001455/http://www.freebase.com/view/en/orit_gadiesh|url-status=dead}}
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel{{cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurs/pdf/oritgadiesh.pdf|title=Interview with Orit Gadiesh|last=Gadiesh|first=Orit|publisher=Harvard Business School|access-date=23 November 2009}}
| citizenship = Israeli
United States
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA)
Harvard University (MBA)
| employer = Chairman of Bain & Company
| occupation = Management consultant
| spouse = Grenville Byford
}}
Orit Gadiesh ({{langx|he|אורית גדיש}}; born January 31, 1951) is an Israeli-American corporate strategist and Chairman of management consulting firm Bain & Company since 1993.{{Cite web |title=Orit Gadiesh |url=https://www.bain.com/our-team/orit-gadiesh/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Bain |language=en}}
Biography
Gadiesh was born Orit Grunfeld in Haifa, Israel, in 1951, to a Berlin-born Israel Defense Forces Colonel Falk Gadiesh (né Grunfeld) and his Ukrainian-born wife Pninah, a nurse. Her family changed the surname Grunfeld to its Hebrew equivalent Gadiesh after requested by David Ben-Gurion.{{Cite web |title=Chapter 1: Finding True North The Stories of David Kenny and Orit Gadiesh |url=https://catalogimages.wiley.com/images/db/pdf/9781119278085.excerpt.pdf |access-date=2024-08-05}} She completed her compulsory IDF service in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Ezer Weizman. She then studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Gadiesh graduated from Harvard Business School in 1977 in the top 5 percent of her class (Baker Scholar) and was awarded the Brown prize for the most outstanding marketing student.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/orit-gadiesh/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930060752/http://www.forbes.com/profile/orit-gadiesh/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2012 |title=Orit Gadiesh |work=Forbes |access-date=April 25, 2014}} She was elected chairman of Bain & Company in July 1993 and has been at the helm for over 30 years.{{Cite news |last=Rifkin |first=Glenn |date=1994-05-01 |title=Profile; Don't Ever Judge This Consultant by Her Cover |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/business/profile-don-t-ever-judge-this-consultant-by-her-cover.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
Forbes has listed her among the world's 100 most powerful women four times since 2004.{{cite web|url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/orit-gadiesh/87273|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721034853/http://people.forbes.com/profile/orit-gadiesh/87273|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2009|title=Orit Gadiesh's Forbes profile|work=Forbes|access-date=23 November 2009}} A frequent business speaker and journal contributor, Gadiesh is co-author of Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use.{{cite book|last=Gadiesh|first=Orit|author2=Hugh MacArthur|title=Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use|publisher=Harvard Business Publishing|date=Jan 4, 2008|pages=136|isbn=978-1-4221-2495-6|url=http://harvardbusiness.org/product/lessons-from-private-equity-any-company-can-use/an/2495-HBK-ENG|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110812044032/http://harvardbusiness.org/product/lessons-from-private-equity-any-company-can-use/an/2495-HBK-ENG|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2011|access-date=2009-11-23}}
Gadiesh is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum.{{Cite web |title=Leadership and Governance - World Economic Forum |url=https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance/}} In May 2020, Gadish was elected as a term member of MIT Corporation.{{Cite web |date=2020-05-29 |title=MIT Corporation elects 12 term members, three life members |url=https://news.mit.edu/2020/corporation-elects-12-members-0529 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://corporation.mit.edu/all-members/orit-gadiesh | title=Orit Gadiesh | the MIT Corporation }}
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Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Israeli business executives
Category:American people of Israeli descent
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